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Moon and Sun in balance (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore



 		Keywords
Achilles
astrology
Greece
omens
Period
Greek Archaic Age
Neo-Assyrian Empire 		Channel
Greek poets

Text
In the second line of the description of Achilles’ shield is given the situation of the common Mesopotamian omens ‘If the Moon and the Sun are in balance’.

Homer, Iliad 18.484:
… the unwearying Sun and the full Moon …

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Homer, Iliad 18.484

Bibliography

Pingree 1998, 129Pingree, David. “Legacies in Astronomy and Celestial Omens.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 125-137.

Links (external links will open in a new browser window)
Cf. Iliad and Mul Apin (1)
Cf. The Mesopotamian ominous constellations mentioned in Iliad (1)
Cf. The order of constellations (1)
Cf. Ursa Major the Wagon (1)

Amar Annus


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